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12:40 PM ET, November 2, 2016

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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide Next Slide  —  Two metro-area police officers were shot and killed in apparent “ambush style” attacks early Wednesday.  —  Police from Urbandale and Des Moines departments responded to a report of gunfire at the intersection of 70th Street and Aurora Avenue at about 1:06 a.m.
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New York Times:
Iowa Police Arrest Suspect in ‘Ambush’ Killings of 2 Officers  —  Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in their patrol cars in the Des Moines area, and the authorities later arrested a 46-year-old Iowa man in connection with the “ambush-style attacks.”
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Ambush-style killings of police up 300% in first half of year  —  There has been a massive increase in the number of police officers killed in the United States as a result of ambush-style attacks — a jump of more than 300% in the first half of 2016, according to a report published …
Grant Rodgers / Des Moines Register:
Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post and NPR
German Lopez / Vox:
2 police officers ambushed and killed in Des Moines, Iowa: what we know
Discussion: WOWT-TV and Politico
CNN:
Obama on FBI: We don't operate on innuendo  — FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to members of Congress related to Hillary Clinton's emails  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama made his first public comments about the FBI decision to disclose its new review into emails …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton: Clinton Foundation one of world's largest money-laundering schemes  —  (R-Ark.) tore into the Clinton Foundation on Tuesday, comparing it to an illegal money-laundering operation.  —  Asked on Hugh Hewitt's radio show about a Wall Street Journal report that four FBI offices …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
New York Times:
F.B.I.'s Email Disclosure Broke a Pattern Followed Even This Summer  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department faced a hard decision in two investigations this past summer that had the potential to rock the presidential election.  The first case involved Donald J. Trump's campaign chairman …
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump Rated More Honest; Contest Stays a Dead Heat (POLL)
Discussion: Infowars
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White nationalists plot Election Day show of force  —  Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll watchers across all 50 states.  His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …
Morgan Howard / WDAM-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism  —  GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) -  —  Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville.  —  A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing  —  A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump's claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime.  —  The reputed mob figure, Robert LiButti …
New York Times:
Black Turnout Soft in Early Voting, Boding Ill for Hillary Clinton  —  African-Americans are failing to vote at the robust levels they did four years ago in several states that could help decide the presidential election, creating a vexing problem for Hillary Clinton as she clings …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Obama calls black vote ‘not as solid as it needs to be’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event  —  It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump  —  The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …
Discussion: CNNMoney, Towleroad and Raw Story
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Florida poll: 28 percent of GOP early voters picked Clinton  —  More than a quarter of Republicans who have already voted in Florida cast their ballots for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  , according to a new poll.  —  A TargetSmart/William & Mary poll released Tuesday showed 28 percent …
Discussion: RedState
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump to Clinton's early voters: You can change your vote
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and Politicus USA
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
FBI investigating alleged donor scheme tied to Senate candidate  —  The FBI is investigating an alleged illegal donation scheme involving a wealthy Saudi family that supports Democratic Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy.  —  The Hill has found no evidence that Murphy himself was involved in, or even aware of, the alleged scheme.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
From Roe to Trump  —  On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a 7-2 majority, discovered a sweeping constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and struck down abortion laws across the country.  Within five years, the number of abortions in America annually climbed above a million …
Discussion: American Prospect
Heather Higgins / The Hill:
If Dems will rig a debate for Clinton, what won't they do to win?  —  No matter what the election outcome next week, the media will be big losers.  This campaign season has seen much of the media rip off their veneer of objectivity, too often acting instead as an unofficial campaign arm working to elect Hillary Clinton
Discussion: WayneDupree.com
Zac Bellman / Beloit Daily News:
Johnson: Clinton could be impeached  —  BELOIT — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday he believes Hillary Clinton's actions with her private email server are impeachable offenses should she be elected president.  —  “She purposefully circumvented it (the law), this was willful concealment and destruction …
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Hillary Clinton Shares Her Secrets for Not Letting Donald Trump ‘In Her Head’  —  Hillary Clinton is nothing if not prepared.  And part of her preparation for the three presidential debates this year involved anticipating the actions of her “aggressive” and unpredictable opponent — and mastering her “listening woman” face.
Discussion: The Week
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fake story about Obamas, Hillary Clinton ensnares Sean Hannity  —  Sean Hannity on Tuesday embraced a piece of fake news about President Obama deleting endorsements of Hillary Clinton from his Twitter account.  —  Hannity used the made-up news to claim that President Obama's legacy might be “jail.”
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
After another release of documents, FBI finds itself caught in a partisan fray  —  The surprise tweet from a little-used FBI account came about 1 p.m. Tuesday, announcing that the agency had published on its website 129 pages of internal documents related to a years-old investigation …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FBI DOCUMENTS: Hillary Aide Cheryl Mills Orders Technicians to Delete Emails By Bleachbit  —  The FBI released edited documents from their Clinton Email Investigation a few weeks ago.  —  From the FBI website: … The FBI released the documents in four sections, linked below:  —  Part 1—
Reuters:
U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears  —  Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training — and an impromptu campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Mass media has utterly failed to convey the policy stakes in the election
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
City Unveils Possible Routes for Streetcar in Brooklyn and Queens
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Jeff Gillan / KSNV:
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Fox News:
Bill Bennett, F.H. Buckley: A call for GOP unity and #NeverHillary
Discussion: The Atlantic and Washington Times
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How politicians hide their spending from the public
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary's Male Tormentors
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
'He's not one of us': Trump is still having trouble winning over many Republicans
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Walter E. Williams / Townhall.com:
The Rich and Us  —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates …
Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
In the Nevada desert, Bundy family warns of another standoff
New York Times:
Trump, Waking a ‘Sleeping Giant,’ Helps Clinton Build an Unlikely Firewall
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Narrowly Beats Trump With Independents in Bloomberg Poll
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Keith Olbermann lays out the links between Trump and Russia — and it's incredibly damning
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Freedom Caucus plans secret meeting in D.C. today
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
KKK's official newspaper supports Donald Trump for president
 

 
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